[SCCC] Fwd: CaQP N6WT SOCntyExp LP

[Kent Olsen]

Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT

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Date: Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 14:11
Subject: CaQP N6WT SOCntyExp LP
To: <3830 at contesting.com>, <kilo6dko at gmail.com>


                    California QSO Party - 2019

Call: N6WT
Operator(s): N6WT
Station: N6WT

Class: SOCntyExp LP
QTH: Westport, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
--------------------
  160:
   80:
   40:   67     25
   20:   90     24
   15:    2
   10:
    6:
    2:
--------------------
Total:  159     49  Mults = 47  Total Score = 27,166

Club:

Comments:

This was an expedition to MEND, I was told I was the only one in the
county. I
had many problems.

First I was in a canyon. Never having been to this RV park I had no idea
what to
expect. If I had known what I know now I would have picked a spot out in the
open.

The verticle antenna I wanted to use did not work as expected. I had tested
it
at home but something was not right when I set it up. I had to scramble to
put
up the dipole I use for SOTA. Stations were very hard to hear. I had
planned to
work a lot more SSB but this was very difficult. Thank goodness for CW!

At the start of the contest, I had a pipeline into the Northeast on 20m, but
that was it. Things opened up after that.

My Flex 6500 started to die. When I started on Sunday I turned on the
radio. I
could hear a fan making noise. Then I got a CPU fan error. I guess the radio
bouncing around in the motorhome for 4 weeks did not help. I was able to
turn
the radio upside down and it would work. I'm sure taking the weight off the
bearings in the fan.

I had to quit a bit early for personal reasons.

Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT


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